Category: Nigeria

Day 1 After International Women’s Day – Still Celebrating, Still Advocating

March 9, 2017

At only 17-yr old, Malala Yousafzai was the youngest recipient, at the time in 2014, as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate for her courageous advocacy of girls education in her home region of Swat District, Pakistan. Blogged for BBC as early as 11-yr old and almost died from being assassinated by a Taliban soldier when … More Day 1 After International Women’s Day – Still Celebrating, Still Advocating

Report: Alarming rise in child suicide bombers used by Boko Haram

April 13, 2016

Originally posted on Yahoo News Digest on April 12, 2016— “The number of children used by Nigeria’s Boko Haram to stage suicide bombings has risen more than tenfold in one of the most “horrific” aspects of the Islamist insurgency, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Experts said the group, which has been weakened by a multinational … More Report: Alarming rise in child suicide bombers used by Boko Haram

NIGERIA: Group Threatens to Sell Kidnapped Girls

May 6, 2014

By Michelle Faul for AP on May 5, 2014— “Nigeria’s Islamic extremist leader is threatening to sell the nearly 300 teenage schoolgirls abducted from a school in the remote northeast three weeks ago, in a new videotape received Monday. Abubakar Shekau for the first time also claimed responsibility for the April 15 mass abduction, warning … More NIGERIA: Group Threatens to Sell Kidnapped Girls